The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-02-10

~ ~ bar ieHueTCy 10 CUT, ~ al HulcdLiOu lHat
the animal will fatten easily, and tnat Its f.sh
will be fne-grained and Of good quality. Coarse,
still hair, IL invariably found on an animal slow
to fatten AND OF coarse flesh. This applies to
cattle. hogs or sheep, and irrespective Of breed
The shrewd feeder. and also the shrcwd breeder.
viii reject IN animal with very coarse hair.
Such hair usually accompanies bad disposition.
A coarse-haired COW generally gives poor milk
fihe-haired COW gives rich milk. But usually
coarse-haired sows are more prolific, while fine
haired rows are the better eucklers. Staring
hair indicates unhealthy condition OF the body:
directon--tLey are thrifty. BY studying the
pecnliarites Of the hair OF our live stock. much
Of tie internal structure and OF the disposition
OF tue animals may be learned.
GRASS IN SPRING.
Farmers should take great precautions in
turning their stock to grass In spring. An old
farmer has said that corn meal fed to annals
the fret 81 days OF their going to gras. was
worth So per bushel il carefully fed; that ami
mails thus fed would gain SO pound. the hrst 80
days on grass, II fed one quart Of meal daily II
night and what hay they would eat, while the
same animals, II turned out and not fed anything
but gras-, would losc so pounds, thus making q
clear gain Of loo pounds in the animal in the
first 80 days ut grass. Ordinarily farmers think
tHcy CdHhOL spare time 10 DrIuS up Iue-r CatIic
and feed them for month, but il by so doing
there II 80 great gain. and by neglecting to do
there il so much lose il would assuredly be
the true policy to take little extra care and
give little extra feed the first 30 days Of rpring
pasturing and also in the fall.
THE HYDRAULIC RAN.
Docs it ever occur to the farmer that there ie
better and cheaper plan OF raising water than
by the windmill? Vim. Pritchard, living between
Nj tchelvile and Cofax, Iowa. has tiled ditch
Of loo rode, emptying into = reservoir. From
the reservoir the v alter is carried through . ~
in. pipe to . hydraulic ram, distance OF 100
feet, and having = fall Of ~ feet. From the
ram the water i. carried through " inch pipe
, Us rods and lifted ~ feet. The cost OF the whole
from the reservoir to termination Of pipes was
$500. windmill could be made to do the
work neither 80 heaply nor 70 effectively.
Any farmer who has water to be lifted and can
secure reasonable fall will ind hydraulic
ram better rnited to h. needs than the wind
mil ora HONEST al.
BOSTON BROWN BREAD.
Tso.cnps Of graham -four, one cup each Of
corn meal and New Orleans molasses, two cups
OF sour milk, two teaspoonfuls Of soda and .
pinch OF salt. have three vegetable cans that
melted the tops of OF and occurred up bright and
clean that use for steaming this bread in, I'LL
ing them about two birds full and setting them
| in u steamer over kettle OF hot water TO steam
three hours, and then put the cans in the oven
| TO bake one-half hour.
BRIEFLY TOLD.
| The public hears only OF the horses that win.
Over COD horses in training have not won this
| year. Ii never hears OF them.
Clean up the weeds and burn them. A hay
| rake will take mp the weeds and dead grass
| after they become dry, and they can then be put
! in large piles and consumed. Thousands Of
| seeds will thus be destroyed and the work oil
/ plowing the field rendered easier.
| There are twenty-three trotting- horses in
/ New York City with a record under 2:20. The
/ lowest 10 2:Ues1
Our native vine, "bitter-sweet," has become a
fAsorte in the Easf, and s being quite extensive.
/ ly planted in gardens and door-yards. 1t seems
strange that it was not appreciated long ago, ~
! II il fsr more beautiful than many OF the orsa-
mental vines for which high prices are paid
| The vines easily traneplanted from the for.
ests where they grow, and can be raised from
| seed.
/ In Canada, where fine crops Of peas are grown
IL Ii said the seed 10 treated with plaster in the
| following way: Half . bushel OF plaster IL put IN
. wash-tub with bushel OF peas. just enough
| water to cover the peas and plaster IL added,
| and the mixture stirred with stick. The peas,
thas coated with plaster, are sowed before tn.
plaster has chance to dry. The land ough
to lie in good condition.
An excellent remedy for the current worm II
fresh chloride OF lime busted upon the bushe
through perforated dish.
Have you better horses on your farm now thai
you had this time last Year, II not, why no I
| The way to improve stock 10 to get rid Of tn,
inferior and introduce better blood. IL you Ar
not doing this you are not likely to make mucl
Roadway In the right direction.
Prof. ". 5. Green OF the Ohio Experiment
Station. in relation to objections made againe
sulphur fumes in bleaching fiuit during diying
Gays: III sulphured fruit endangere the healtl
or those who use II, or IL unpleasant TO the t.st
or smell, then the practice onght to be discour
aged: but there 10 no evidence that such is tn
fact when sulphur is properly used.
The collect winters draw heavily from III
vitality Of the hardest trees. II we move tree
the spring following one Of these winters, an
! add the shock Of transplanting TO the effect 9
the intense and protracted cold, the tree fails I
grow. or jnet eimp1y throws few leaves. an
| fingers two or three years, never amounting
anything II thoee treee had been dug the pr
vious autumn, and properly buried, they woul
have been in fine condition to plant In the sprinl